nose dive

1. 1.

   a steep nose-down descent by an aircraft

   Synonymsdivenosedive

   Broaderdescent

   Narrowerpower dive

Questions about nose dive

What does nose dive mean?

nose dive means "a steep nose-down descent by an aircraft".

What is another word for nose dive?

Close synonyms include dive, nosedive. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.